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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

The CEO of Walmart was rejected by Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton business schools, but now runs the Fortune 500's largest company. Here are his 3 tips for success

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The executive at the top of the Fortune 500, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, started his career near the bottom.

Although he planned to attend a prestigious business school, he got rejected from Harvard, Stanford, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. When he joined Walmart in 1984, his job was to unload trailers in a warehouse. On his first day, he even rear ended his boss’s car, he told students during this year’s commencement address at the University of Arkansas.

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